Can´t fault him for wanting to bring in his own guy. They let an interim AD hire a coach and give him a 2 year contract (!).

I mean, it´s not unprecedented. I remember a school from the Rocky Mountain region, let´s name it Doloraco, that let an AD, let´s name him Bike Mohn, hire a football coach just a few months before he was encouraged to resign.

Can´t fault him for wanting to bring in his own guy. They let an interim AD hire a coach and give him a 2 year contract (!).

I mean, it´s not unprecedented. I remember a school from the Rocky Mountain region, let´s name it Doloraco, that let an AD, let´s name him Bike Mohn, hire a football coach just a few months before he was encouraged to resign.

The last couple years has been very strange, from Beckman and Cubit being restrained on the sidelines from going after each other, to Cubit coming back the following year like there was no bad blood or Beckman knew he was dead man walking and couldn't get a better coordinator, to last year's up-and-down under Cubit as Beckman was suddenly fired right before the season. Now Cubit is retained after the season largely because of the AD being in flux and so it seems reasonable that the new AD in place wanted to aim higher. Just sucks for the players and especially the new signees regardless of the "You don't commit to a coach" thing we all throw around. Amazing how stable and promising things look at CU relative to some other P5 football schools. It's a very small victory from where we were not long ago.

"Fox Sports reports one reason Lovie Smith was interested in the Illinois job was the possibility of bringing two of his sons, Mikal and Matt, who were on his staff in Tampa. Don't be surprised if Smith retains defensive coordinator Mike Phair, who worked under Smith in Tampa in 2014."